A wonderful thought provoking article perfectly timed on this July 4th weekend. Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness was a declaration as an unalienable right by the founding fathers of America. But what is happiness in this context? Is it the pursuit / acquisition of wealth, land, property? Can gratification, no matter how small or large, be a measure of individual happiness? Can giving be a measure of gratification and happiness? And sometimes it’s the thought that counts. Here’s one of my favorites quotes;
“Having is not so pleasing a thing as wanting” Dr Spock (Star Trek).
Is “having” the definition of “done?” Maybe yes, but being done / completed/ accomplished also means it’s now time to move onto the next things. “Pursue”.
So, is happiness an end state? Or is the action word “pursuit” a better and more perpetual definition of our human spirit?
A wonderful thought provoking article perfectly timed on this July 4th weekend. Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness was a declaration as an unalienable right by the founding fathers of America. But what is happiness in this context? Is it the pursuit / acquisition of wealth, land, property? Can gratification, no matter how small or large, be a measure of individual happiness? Can giving be a measure of gratification and happiness? And sometimes it’s the thought that counts. Here’s one of my favorites quotes;
“Having is not so pleasing a thing as wanting” Dr Spock (Star Trek).
Is “having” the definition of “done?” Maybe yes, but being done / completed/ accomplished also means it’s now time to move onto the next things. “Pursue”.
So, is happiness an end state? Or is the action word “pursuit” a better and more perpetual definition of our human spirit?
Jerry Tarasek